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Jabbo Ware and The Me We & Them Orchestra

Vignettes in the Spirit of Ellington

By Jabbo Ware and The Me We & Them Orchestra

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Released: 2005
Track listing: Intro #1 (In The Beginning); Strange Land; And Here We Are Again; Interlude; Saint Louis Train; Give Me A Moment; In The Spirit Of; Intro #2; The Ultimate Force; Don't Forget Who I Am.

Jabbo Ware and The Me We & Them Orchestra: Vignettes in the Spirit of Ellington

by Francis Lo Kee
October 26, 2005

This is a sonically gorgeous recording. James Jabbo Ware beautifully orchestrates, exploiting the colors of the various instruments to their fullest, and he frames the great soloists in different ways from solo spot to solo spot. Much of the music here has a narrative element. “Strange Land starts with a mallets on tom-toms ...

Jabbo Ware and The Me We & Them Orchestra: Vignettes in the Spirit of Ellington

by Jerry D'Souza
October 12, 2005

28 years into their existence, James Jabbo Ware and The Me We & Them Orchestra recorded their first live album, which has just been released. What is time to the muse that was inspired by Duke Ellington? Days, months, and years flit by, but the music stays timeless. The ten tunes here make up the context. ...